Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 January 2020: A new World Bank report – “Sierra Leone Economic Diversification Study” says that Sierra Leone has abundant natural resources, but as yet not been able to deliver more and better jobs for its fast-growing population. It says that, for the last decade, the economy [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 January 2020: The 10th Session of the IRENA General Assembly has ended in Abu Dhabi, following high-level discussions on achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) #7 and increasing the use of renewables in the global energy mix, a critical element for meeting the climate change goals. Among [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 January 2020: Sierra Leone’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday, 13th January 2020, charged Dr. Peter Belmoh Samai, a Medical Doctor working at the Bo Government Hospital, with three counts of corruption offences, after he allegedly stole electricity generators meant to provide power for the hospital. According to [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 January 2020: Violence erupted this afternoon outside the opposition All People’s Congress (APC) party office, with at least one person – an APC supporter seriously injured. It is not clear what started the violence, but from various video clips published on social media, large crowds of [Read More]
Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 January 2020: Long after President Maada Bio, his SLPP Party and government would have vacated the seat of power, historians would go to work; and his government would be remembered for many things. His government would be remembered as one that took the reins [Read More]
Andrew Keili: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 January 2020: As we reflect on the past decade, one needs no reminding that politically, it was very much a tale of two parties-SLPP and APC. Two people, Ernest Bai Koroma our immediate past President and Julius Maada Bio our current President have been [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 January 2020: Sierra Leone’s president Julius Maada Bio has arrived in Abu Dhabi where he is attending the Sustainability Week Summit 2020, on the invitation of the Crown Prince of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi – Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The Abu Dhabi Sustainability [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 January 2020: Former president Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone, who is also the leader and chairman of the opposition All People’s Congress party (APC), today delivered one of the best speeches one has perhaps heard him delivered by any standards, as he tried to rally [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 January 2020: Following today’s High Court injunction won by some members of the opposition APC party – known as the National Reformation Movement (NRM), stopping the party from holding its national convention this weekend, party bosses say they will instead be holding a press conference at [Read More]
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